multiple time scale dynamics with two fast variables and one slow ...
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We compute the functionsγl <strong>and</strong>γr for different parameter values of ( ¯p, s) nu-<br />
merically. Heteroclinic connections occur at zeros of the function<br />
h( ¯p, s) :=γl( ¯p, s)−γr( ¯p, s)<br />
Once we find a parameter pair ( ¯p0, s0) such that h( ¯p0, s0)=0, these parameters<br />
can be continued along a curve of heteroclinic connections in ( ¯p, s) parameter<br />
space by solving the root-finding problem h( ¯p0+δ1, s0+δ2)=0 for eitherδ1<br />
orδ2 fixed <strong>and</strong> small. We use this method later for different fixed values of y<br />
to compute heteroclinic connections in the <strong>fast</strong> subsystem in (p, s) parameter<br />
space. The results of these computations are illustrated in Figure 3.3. There are<br />
<strong>two</strong> distinct branches in Figure 3.3. The branches are asymptotic to ¯pl <strong>and</strong> ¯pr<br />
<strong>and</strong> approximately form a “V”. From Figure 3.3 we conjecture that there exists<br />
a double heteroclinic orbit for ¯p≈−0.0622.<br />
s<br />
1.5<br />
1<br />
0.5<br />
0<br />
−0.15 −0.1 −0.05 0 0.05<br />
¯p<br />
Figure 3.3: Heteroclinic connections for equation (3.10) in parameter<br />
space.<br />
Remarks: If we fix p=0 our initial change of variable becomes−y= ¯p <strong>and</strong><br />
our results for heteroclinic connections are for the FitzHugh-Nagumo equation<br />
<strong>with</strong>out an applied current. In this situation it has been shown that the hete-<br />
roclinic connections of the <strong>fast</strong> subsystem can be used to prove the existence of<br />
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